Former Denver Broncos safety Hamza Abdullah, who played with the Broncos from 2005 to 2008, railed against the NFL, NFL Players Association, the NFL combine and commissioner Roger Goodell on his Twitter feed on Thursday, saying — among other things — that major hits he took in 2007 against the Tennessee Titans and Kansas City Chiefs while in Denver were misdiagnosed.

“Every player understood the risks of playing football, and we did it, and would do it over again!” Abdullah said on Twitter (warning: NSFW), before deleting that and many other messages laced with anger and profanity. “We just thought (and) assumed we would be taken care of after we were done.

“The reason players cover their injuries up, is because the contracts aren’t guaranteed.”

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